Studio Martin Backes
Kottbusser Damm 101
10967 Berlin
Germany
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Welcome to the website of artist, multi-disciplinary technologist, director, hacker, and composer Martin Backes
I am pleased to announce that my Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality (AR) work, titled “What do I know? I am just a machine?!”, will be exhibited at the JUT Art Museum as part of the group exhibition “The Future Life, Future You – Digital, Machine and Cyborgs,” starting on […]
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My Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality (AR) work called ‘What do I know? I am just a machine?!’ will be shown at NRW-Forum Düsseldorf as part of the group exhibition ‘Welcome to Paradise’ starting from August 26.
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My net art work „I am sitting in a machine;“ will be part of this year’s online edition of Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) in Athens (Greece).
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The latest project to come out of The Wrong (which runs The Wrong Digital Art Biennale) is The Wrong TV, a new online tv platform for digital art, music & culture, with 24/7 free live streaming. David Quiles Guilló reached out to Ben Grosser to curate a program […]
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My installation ‘What do machines sing of?’ will be shown next as part of the ‘BIENNIAL OF DIGITAL ARTS NÉMO’ at Le Centquatre-Paris. So if you happen to be around, see you there!
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My installation ‘What do machines sing of?’ will be part of this years Nuit blanche in Paris (France). ‘Nuit Blanche – edition 18’ will take place at Le Centquatre-Paris on october 5th, 2019. It`s bascially a sort of pre-opening on October 5th, 2019 of the following ‘BIENNIAL OF […]
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I feel really honored that I can present my installation ‘What do machines sing of?’ at Germany’s digital association Bitkom in Berlin for their office opening in September.
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My installation ‘What do machines sing of?’ will be shown next as part of a group show called ‘Pandora’s Box Opened’ at whiteBOX in Munich. So if you happen to be around for the opening, see you there!
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I am really happy to announce that my Pixelhead artwork will be part of the upcoming VIENNA BIENNALE 2019 edition. The work will be on display at the MAK DESIGN LAB in Vienna (Austria) for at least the next two years.
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I am presenting my latest work „I am sitting in a machine;“ at ‘It’s a book 2019‘ in Leipzig, Germany. It will be presented differently this time. You can experience the work in the form of an audio walk instead of a net art piece or a dubplate […]
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I am very happy to be selected for the 3rd edition of Temp Studio artist-in-residence programme in Lisbon, Portugal.
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Finally, the FACELESS exhibition comes to Berlin as part of Gallery Weekend Berlin. Once again my work Pixelhead will be part of the exhibition and I will also be DJing at the opening party.
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I am really happy to present my latest work „I am sitting in a machine;“ at KlangLand 17 in Kassel, Germany.
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My Pixelhead work will be part of this years “die digitale dusseldorf” in Düsseldorf, Germany. I will also play a special Bass Culture DJ Set at the opening party on friday night.
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My installation “What do machines sing of?” will be shown at this wonderful place called NEW MEDIA GALLERY. The exhibition takes place 20 October — 22 December in Vancouver, Canada. More information after the click.
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My installation “What do machines sing of?” will be part of this years “MÈQ FESTIVAL – Festival international d’art numérique performatif et de création audiovisuelle contemporaine” in Montpellier (France). MÈQ FESTIVAL takes place 12 October — 14 October at Humain trop humain CDN Montpellier. I will also give […]
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I am very pleased to invite you to the upcoming Flipping the Coin evening at Berghain´s Kantine. I am going to present my new work „I am sitting in a machine;“.
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“What do machines sing of?” will be part of B-Seite – Festival für visuelle Kunst und Jetztkultur in Mannheim (Germany).
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My work “What do machines sing of?” will be part of the CTM Festival Edition 2017 in Berlin (Germany). CTM Festival’s 18th edition takes place 27 January – 5 February 2017 at various venues in Berlin.
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I am really happy to announce that one of my Pixelhead artworks is now in the permanent collection of The International Spy Museum in Washington D.C. and currently on display.
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I am pleased to announce that “What do machines sing of?” will be shown at the Digital Art Biennial (BIAN) 2016 in Montreal, Canada. My work will be part of the main exhibition called AUTOMATA and takes place at the Arsenal, Contemporary Art.
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My work “What do machines sing of? ” will be shown at the European Media Art Festival 2016 in Osnabrück, Germany.
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I am really happy to announce my first solo exhibition in Zagreb (Croatia) in collaboration with Mochvara Gallery and KONTEJNER.
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My sound art piece Dron:ing will be part of SIGHT.SOUND [INTERACTION] 8 in Baltimore (USA).
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I am happy to announce that my Pixelhead artwork will be part of the ‘New Aesthetic?’ exhibition in Brisbane, Australia.
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